Your Top 10 Fave Engines

[astro_ss_340]

Mine are as follows, must be productions engines, no prototypes

 

1)Cummins 5.9L/6BT

2)Chrysler 265 Hemi/E49 (Australian)

3)Nissan 2.4 L6

4)Oldsmobile 455 Rocket

5)Chevrolet 283 with mechanical fuel injection

6)Pontiac 250 OHC

7)Chrysler 426 Hemi

8)Ford 427 SOHC

9)Buick 3.8 Turbo

10)Chrysler 225 Slant 6

[bonvo]

currently mine are as follows

 

1) nissan l20b sohc

2) chevy 235 ohv

3) nissan vg30de dohc

4) chevrolet 350 ohv

5) pontiac 400 ohv

5) ford 200 ohv

6) chevrolet 572 ohv

7) ford 429 (dont remember if its a ohv or ohc)

8) mopar 426 hemi ohv

9) nissan ka24de dohc

10) nissan sr20det dohc

[lynchfourtwenty]

currently mine are as follows

 

1) nissan l20b sohc

2) chevy 235 ohv

3) nissan vg30de dohc

4) chevrolet 350 ohv

5) pontiac 400 ohv

5) ford 200 ohv

6) chevrolet 572 ohv

7) ford 429 (dont remember if its a ohv or ohc)

8) mopar 426 hemi ohv

9) nissan ka24de dohc

10) nissan sr20det dohc

 

uh the sr is on the bottom? lol

1. RB's

2. sr's doesnt matter on variation

3. l series

 

thats it.. the rest are non factors to me lol

[BACARDI_DWB]

most of mine are nissan.

 

Nissan:

RB25DET

CA18DET

KA24DE

VH45DE

FJ20ET

 

Ford:

mexican block 302

 

Chevy:

327 v8

 

Dodge:

cummins 5.9

 

Mitsubishi:

4g63 6-bolt

 

Toyota:

2JZ

[MAG58]

1.) Ferrari Colombo V12

2.) Camaro Z28 302 SBC

3.) Cosworth YB

4.) Toyota UZ

5.) Mercedes Benz M120 AMG V12

6.) BMW S38/M88

7.) TVR Speed Six

8.) Mopar 6.1L "Hemi"--- That's not a hemi.

9.) Toyota 3S-GTE

10.) Mazda 20B 3 rotor.

 

 

My parents say I'm weird.

[Moisabamf]

mine are~

Nissan FJ20DET

Nissan CA18DET

Nissan L20B

Nissan A15

Nissan RB20/25/26

Nissan L28ET

Toyota 20R

Nissan VG30DETT

Nissan S20

Nissan KA24DE

Edited September 9, 2009 by Moisabamf

[woodside4032]

1- 66-71 426 hemi

2- 440 six pac

3-Hayabusa V8

4-L Series

5-rb34

6-fj20

7-rb25

8-1jz

9-old school straight eight

10-Mazda r26b

[72240z]

I'm shocked at the narrow lists lol mags isnt bad imho. Seriously though wtf there are so many amazing motors out there.

 

Datsun/Nissan s20 2.0L I6

Ferrari colombo type 125 1.5L v12

Mazda 787b 4 rotor

Bugatti EB110 v12 3.5L 60 valve quad turbo v8

BMW e93 4.0L ITB v8

Maserati Tipo V4 Dual supercharged 4.0L v16

Ferrari Tipo F130 4.7L 60 valve v8

Toyota 2jzgte 3.0L I6

Nissan 2.6L Twin turbo I6

Daimler 2.5L v8

[Jesse C.]

1. Chrysler 392 Hemi

2. Ford SOHC 427

3. Nissan VG30

4. Nissan L-18SSS

5. Chevrolet 350

6. Mazda 13B

7. Rodeck BBC

8. Plymouth 440 Six Pack

9. Buick 455

10. Ford 427 FE

[BACARDI_DWB]

mine are~

Nissan FJ20DET

 

just so you know its FJ20ET. they did not have a dual over head cam

[Moisabamf]

just so you know its FJ20ET. they did not have a dual over head cam

 

yeah i always mess up that engine code

[bonvo]

just so you know its FJ20ET. they did not have a dual over head cam

 

? ummm looks like the have dohc in this shot

[72240z]

just so you know its FJ20ET. they did not have a dual over head cam

 

I may be wrong but I'm going to say they sure as hell did have a dohc they just don't have a D in the engine code.

[HRH]

1. L series 4 cylinder DATSUN engines. :D

2. KA 4 cylinder DATSUN engines. :D

[az_rat210]

1 that gets good gas mileage

A motor that doesn't need work

a motor that if it needs work is not so complicated I cannot do it myself.

a motor that has the sufficient power response when I need it

a motor that are gets good improvements from bolt on parts.

:D:D

[MAG58]

Well it was DOHC, it just eluded the happy "D" from it's Nissan code.

 

I Think my list is the way it is, intentionally leaving out the "Mad JDM yo" group of engines because I really feel they're not that "special" that is, there is nothing they can do that other engines of their class cant, and more to the point, over shadowing much more inteligent designs (the UZ, FJ, VH, and a few others come to mind).

 

I feel that personally each of my motors have added something to their class (even the non hemi hemi, have you seen that head flow?) and as such begin to add to the populous of fantastic engines and engine design.

 

...Ok so I'm really weird. And I was going to say 4 rotor but he did say production motors only. The offy would be up there too.

[moparvwfreak]

heres mine.

 

1. L20B

2. L16 ( a little underpowered but can take a beating without hesitation)

3. 2TC (strong little yota motors)

4. 20R ( i miss my 79 34 ton yota)

5. Chrysler 318 (non magnum)

6. Chrysler 360 (non magnum)

7. VW 2.8l VR6

8. VW 2.0l 16v (9A)

9. Mercedes 2.3l sohc

10. Cummins 6BT (only on the bottom because i just threw em out there)

[BACARDI_DWB]

wow, i was way wrong! for some reason I always thought that they were single cam. my bad completely!!

 

you guys are right. definately 2 cams

 

 

I may be wrong but I'm going to say they sure as hell did have a dohc they just don't have a D in the engine code.

That is why I always thought that they were single cam.

Edited September 9, 2009 by BACARDI_DWB

[DISLEXICDIME]

my l18- simplicity is bliss

buick 3.8 turbo

mitsubishi g54bt

chevy 327

later model sss l16 (the one with the block breather like a l20b)

ford 200 ci inline six from a mustang

ford 390

pontiac 400 wide block

olds 455 rocket

old 350 rocket

[72240z]

And I was going to say 4 rotor but he did say production motors only. The offy would be up there too.

 

 

Well that depends how tech we're being lol. Prototype to me is one maybe two, quite a few were put together by mazda for their racing program and companies today are building and selling them right out.

 

The Ferrari is iffy too if being strict, and race motors are out, then Colombo series is out too because it was prior to Ferrari differentiating between the cars they raced and sold. At least I believe so anyway, while that 1.5-3.0liter was in use all the cars were racers also sold to some of the public, that's not really "production". I can guarantee more 4 rotors have been built then all Columbos combined lol.

 

It's all moot anyway I'd break the rules 1000 times to have both of them on my list :fu: :lol:

 

Even manufacturers feel the same. You think ANY of them are pumping out enough cars to follow homologation rules? Hell no lol

[stilltwisted]

bugatti w16

lincoln v12 flathead

rolls royce v16

steerman radial aircraft eng

w427 alum ZL1

svo2.3turbo

buick gn 3.8 turbo

mazada cosmo 3 rotor

fj20det

nickel peroxide jet eng

 

 

on the NPjet if i had mklotz or datrod skills i would have built one by now or died trying it

[79datsun620]

1. ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN (P51 MUSTANG)

2. L28DET

3. L20B

4. VQ37VHR

5. VR38DETT

6. SR20

7. VH45DE

8. VK56DE

9. 22R

10. 13B

 

I'm a little parcel to nissan.

[drxfter]

My own list: note - definitely NOT in an performance output order, rather as the ones that generally need the least amount of work to keep running, put out more power than they've any right to, and don't require the sale of one of your kidneys to fix if something does go wrong:

 

Ford 4.0 litre OHC (straight 6) (Australian)

Datsun L-series

Datsun A-series

Isuzu (Holden-GM) G16 (Gemini)

Suzuki G13B

Toyota 3K

Nissan RB 6 cylinder turbo

Ford 4.0 litre DOHC EFI Turbo (300Kw+ standard)

Ford 250 c.i. 2v (Australian), will outperform a 302

Just notes from an mechanic with too many skinned knuckles and not enough bravado to lose his licence speeding.

[Jayden71]

Datsun L Series

600 hp C16 Caterpillar

332 Hemi, '55 Cryslar 300

 

Any motor that is dependable and relatively easy to work on.

[Jayden71]

Oh ya,

M11 Cummins, only 350hp and 1350lbs of torque but it ran 1,000,000 miles before any major work

20R, had a 80 yota p/u that I put through hell